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2018 Austin Music Award nominee for Best Songwriter and Austin's New Band is dropping her first debut album on September 20, 2019, and celebrating with an album release show. Come see what this 17-year-old has been up to! Cover is $5 at the door.

Oklahoma’s retrofuturist R&B punk tours behind last month’s new holiday album, Socks. Behind 11 fresh Yuletide rockers, McPherson accomplished a lot, crafting warm, witty, air-tight originals. It results in an instant Christmas classic alongside A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector. You might even pull it out in July just to feel good.

Ricardo Valentine has quickly become one of the principal purveyors of trap soul, following hit single “Prblms” from his 2016 debut, Free 6lack. The Atlanta native, who once languished on Flo Rida’s International Music Group label, put the R&B world on notice in September with the magnificent East Atlanta Love Letter, which crested at No. 3 on the Billboard 200.

Well, yes, where else but at Austin's own celebrated Russian House would such a cavalcade of culinary marvels be offered up like a more exotic (and, we daresay, more delicious) version of Golden Corral? You know farm-to-table, citizen? How about some Uzbekistan-to-your-hungry-mouth? на здоро́вье!

Need something Austin-y (art, jewelry, prints, clothing, etc., whatnot, and then some) for a loved one this year? Thousands of original works from more than 200 artists and artisans will help you with your gifting conundrums.

That Vince Torres and his astonishing cohort of creatives have garnered more graphic goodness for those Guzu walls, with 26 artists paying tribute to shows from the small screen, with stylish renditions of characters and settings from television’s past and present. Featuring homages by Chet Phillips, Tessa Morrison, Killian Glenn, Half-Human, Nina Sanchez, and more. Where's your fandom at, baby? It's probably right here, right now.

Signature Program: Russian filmmaker Tarkovsky's film was the original on which the Soderbergh/Clooney remake was based. It's a visually captivating and delirious tale of outer space and the supernatural.

The cunning crew of applemongers from Texas Keeper will be at 24 Diner tonight, pouring three of their ciders and "hanging out to talk cider with anyone and everyone that is interested." Go ahead, ask about that new Cider Noir of theirs, specifically – these guys are e-x-c-i-t-e-d!

Does it return? Of course it returns – this show is more evergreen than a forest of Christmas trees. David Sedaris' outlandish tale of a (oh, shall we say disgruntled) Macy’s elf jingles to life again in this latest incarnation, with that costumed Crumpet waxing snarktastic on the talent it takes to juggle tinsel, tearful tots, and not-so-sober Santas during what's hailed as the most wonderful time of the year. J. Robert Moore – the bright star of Zach's one-man show Buyer and Cellar a couple years ago – plays Crumpet, and Nat Miller directs, so we reckon this year's holiday-skewering is doubleplusgood to go. But does our reviewer think so, too?

Stroll through a walking path featuring more than 100 holiday light displays created by businesses, organizations, school groups, and families. Roast hot dogs and marshmallows at the Yule Log, drink hot chocolate, and enjoy live entertainment most evenings. Admission is free. Donations are appreciated.

The racetrack transforms into something resembling the North Pole with the largest outdoor skating rink in Texas, the Tunnel of Lights, and Santa's Workshop; plus live music, carnival rides, a petting zoo, and Chinese Lantern Festival.

This ZACH Theatre adaptation of the Dickens classic, directed by Abe Reybold and starring the estimable Jaston Williams, is "a musical sleigh ride through rhythm and time, infusing the traditional Victorian story with a score that spans all genres and eras." It's riotously redolent of the ghosts of Motown past, but of course you know the basic Ebenezer of this thing: crotchety, cratchity, creepy, and (ultimately) heartwarming. And, what's that? You think there's an awful lot of Dickens going on in town lately? Our Robert Faires tells you why.

The Dance Department of Austin Community College offers classes in modern, jazz, ballet, and improvisation techniques, with student work produced twice a year in the Choreographers' Showcase. Teachers include Ellen Bartel, Jessica Cox, Kathy Dunn Hamrick, Roxanne Gage, Darla Johnson, Sunny Shen, Catherine Solaas and Melissa Watt. Note: Classes can be taken for credit and applied toward your degree.

Three artists, three strong views of this complex life. And now our journo-about-town Brenner has reaped the visions that Erika Huddleston, Amy Scofield, and Tammy West have sown – and here's his report.

This school of representational art is led by four world-class locals, teaches drawing and painting (both fundamental and advanced programs), has open studios with live modeling, a schedule of workshops featuring visiting artists from around the world, and is located in the heart of Big Medium's Canopy complex. Oh look – we profiled and interviewed the faculty right here!

Here's a month of free performances by different sections and configurations of the ASO, doing their holiday-flavored classical thing right there in your busy malls and rec centers and more. See website for times and locations.

The Austin Trail of Lights has been an Austin tradition since 1965! Holiday light displays line a 2-mile trail through the park, and there are food trucks, live entertainment, and interactive activities. General admission is free and open to the public (on weekend nights admission is $3).